My rant; I'm getting tired of seeing the exact same threads pop up almost every week asking about bulbs sizes, differences in bulbs, where you can get them, and why aren't they working. Hopefully this thread will shine some light on these issue, and maybe we can reduce the number of interior LED questions that come up on a weekly basis.
First off, don't assume you have the correct bulbs on order. Check your vehicles bulb sizes on the chart below. This chart when help insure you're getting the correct bulb size for your year and model.
I'll use my 2001 as an example.
You need to remove the center section of you console. I'm not going to explain how to do this since most of you should already know how.
I didn't take a picture of this but the shifter bulb is on the wire in red, and bulb is located around where the yellow is. Just turn it counter clockwise and pull it out. (
#74 LED)
Next, pull the knobs off the climate control, and also remove the cover plate. They both should just pull right off, nothing tricky about it. Take out the 3 screws marked in red and disconnect the 2 plugs in the back.
Remove the three screws in red and remove black cover.
Remove the 3 bulbs marked in yellow. No need to remove the 4 screws marked in red unless you have issues with the bulb to the far left. (
NEO4-W)
I then replaced the ECT and rear window LED's. Remove the 2 bulbs marked in red (might be difficult to get out).
NEO3-WHP
I started by removing the lower part of the dash. The screws I had to remove are marked in red.
Next I removed the section that's covering the key ring. I gently pulled in te bottom right corner to get it loose.
Once the cover is off there is a small white plastic pin thingy that holds the surround on, pull it out. Once it is removed you can slide the surround off and change the bulb (sorry no picture). (
#74 LED)
Remove these two screws to loosen the trim around the instrument panel itself. Pull aside.
Remove the four screws and disconnect plugs to remove the instrument panel.
Now remove these six screws to be able to access the bulbs (bulbs are in yellow). I used #74 bulbs for the 2 blinker bulbs.
The two lower yellow squares are for the blinkers. (
#74 LED)
The far left, far right, and upper middle yellow squares are for the speedo, tach, and 4wd. (
#24 LED)
Used these for the speedo and tach bulbs.
The bulbs that I used where all from
Super Bright LEDs. They have good pricing, and usually ship all orders the same. The bulb sizes I have with the pictures are clickable links, and will take you to what I purchased.
Here are some other LED threads for information:
@
sn0wrunner
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LED Lighting
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Brilliant
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Brilliant's Mod Thread
@
shootmymime
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WRITE UP: climate control and dash bulbs 2000 limited
For the map lights I used the
BA9S bulbs that I found on eBay.
For the dome lights I used some
Festoon Sockets and 12SMD led panels from eBay.
If anyone wants to contribute their LED swap let me know and I'll add your thread.
Hopefully this helps.
Mike